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Open Society Foundations Name Sandra Breka as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Release Date:

09/30/2022

... officer of the Robert Bosch Foundation, one of the largest European foundations active on health, education, and global ... the board of directors and the executive committee of the European Endowment for...

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Open Society Foundations

03 Nov 2011

Lifelong Learning: Targeting Your Education Dollars to Create, Sustain, and Serve Learners of All Ages

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -

8:30am to 11:00am

... highlighted the changing demographics of New York, America , and the world: each has a population that is getting ... time, it provides an amazing reservoir of older adults who could form part of the village –...

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Citi Foundation Helps NYC Nonprofits & Cornell University Prepare Underserved Youth for Foodservice, Customer Service, & Hospitality Jobs

Release Date:

07/27/2017

... the Youth Opportunity Fund, led by the Citi Foundation and America 's Promise Alliance. "STRIVE’s success is based on ... unemployment gap and pave their way toward success. "If I could complete...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Citi Foundation

Ford Foundation Building Listed As One Of The 100 Most Important Buildings of the 20th Century

Release Date:

10/11/2017

... (Hadid, who named 128 buildings, died before she could whittle down her list.) In November, Rizzoli is ... Ten of the buildings are in Asia; three are in South America ; one is in Australia (yes, it’s the...

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11 Feb 2016

National Leadership as Diverse as the U.S. - Philanthropy Can Make It Happen

Thursday, February 11, 2016 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Foundations often provide funding to mitigate socio-economic and political inequities experienced by people based on their race, ethnicity, gender, and other minority status.

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Professional Development

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All Funders

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

25 Feb 2016

What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement

Thursday, February 25, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis.

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Professional Development

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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HR & Operations

Nonprofit Financials

Diversity in Philanthropy

... offer all constituencies equal opportunity to access the resources they need to thrive; Improve data collection and ... New York, and Philanthropy New York (then known as NYRAG). Resources from the coalition...

NoVo and NY Women’s Foundation Match $10 Million NYC Commitment for Girls, Young Women of Color

Release Date:

02/12/2016

... find new ways to collaborate, and leverage diverse resources to address structural inequities facing girls, ... commitment is a first step in a long-term effort to bring many more resources...

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Children, Youth and Families

LGBTQ

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The New York Women's Foundation

20 Jun 2017

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Tools and Principles to Consider When Enhancing Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... HR and operations professionals to share knowledge and resources , to test complex ideas with peers about ... to strengthen professional skills and expertise. Human Resources professionals have a critical role...

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HR & Operations Staff

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HR & Operations

Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Novo Foundation Convenes Landmark Philanthropic Summit Calling for More Support to End Violence Against Girls and Women

Release Date:

07/24/2018

... and other movements is coupled with rising nationalism, austerity politics, the closing of civil society space and ...

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Gender Justice

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NoVo Foundation

28 Feb 2014

The Impact Assessment - Moving Towards Greater Impact

Friday, February 28, 2014 -

7:00am to 10:30am

US Trust

... as, How do we know we’re actually making a difference? Could we be making a bigger difference? We want to have a ... and opportunities for increasing their impact, tips and resources to strengthen specific...

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Issue-Based

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Impact Investing

Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing

Release Date:

08/17/2015

... That might be optimistic but let's start there. That money could come from a savings account, a private foundation, a ... charitable goals with their decisions about how those resources are invested. As...

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Impact Investing

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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F.B. Heron Foundation

William T. Grant-Funded Study Explores Effect of Financial Distress on Academically Prepared Minority Students

Release Date:

09/10/2015

... after enrolling in college without adequate financial resources . “Students were surveyed in the fall, winter ... to be paid for out of pocket, but hoped that somehow they could find a way to pay it before a...

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Economic Security

Education

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William T. Grant Foundation

Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

Release Date:

05/06/2016

... of diversifying away from coal, FE appears to be investing resources to subvert public policies that address climate ... climate change, FE appears to be pursuing policies that could jeopardize both our...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Ford Foundation Takes Another Stand On Census

Release Date:

10/19/2018

... disinformation campaigns the current political climate could discourage participation. These are big problems, but ... coalition of foundations and advocates are leveraging resources and relationships, working...

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Video

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Census 2020

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Joins Macarthur Foundation to Help Address Critical Social Challenges

Release Date:

03/12/2019

... Network, who will add their expertise and financial resources to the Catalytic Capital Consortium. MacArthur’s ... to grow and scale social and environmental solutions that could improve millions of lives.....

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Economic Security

Environment and Climate Change

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The Rockefeller Foundation

26 Oct 2021

Investing in Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Models: What is the True Cost?

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... supporting alternative operations models Practices funders could adopt to support nonprofits interested in exploring, ... on how and what they have prioritized in terms of time and resources from the...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

A Primer on Nonprofit Mergers & Sustained Collaborations - New Report Published by SeaChange Capital Partners

Release Date:

11/24/2021

... health of the nonprofit sector wanted to learn all they could about mergers, shared administration, divestments, ... benefits can be achieved when nonprofits have the time, resources , and capacity to...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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SeaChange Capital Partners

Newsmakers: Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation

Release Date:

12/23/2013

... founders, who had a dream in the mid-’80s that Harlem could be a community that could regenerate itself from ... worked as a domestic for a family, and she would bring home magazines and...